public health How Nipah virus could change your personality forever Mark Frauenfelder

crime Sand thieves stole an entire Jamaican beach and got away with it in 2008 Ellsworth Toohey

goats Meet Karumbi, the world's shortest goat Popkin

makers This is the world's smallest washing machine Allan Rose Hill

sculpture Astonishing! University student carved two pencils into a single graphite chain with 212 movable links David Pescovitz

Business Luxury resort turns magnificent pool into fish farm to make ends meet David Pescovitz

animals Dig this psychedelic squirrel's rainbow look David Pescovitz

photography Photographers document India's wondrous and weird church architecture Andrea James

Science Bad news: Omega 3s don't confer any significant health benefits; good news: They're mostly harmless Cory Doctorow

elephants Watch: Thankful elephant salutes people who saved a baby elephant that was trapped in a ditch Carla Sinclair

beating the system Bar builds maze to get around zoning laws Mark Frauenfelder

Sex This tropical mushroom gives women spontaneous orgasms from sniffing it Mark Frauenfelder